top of page

Centrifugal Pump Design, Maintenance, Operation, and Legal Compliance

Gain pump theory & insights to help you develop design packs, purchasing documentation, and check sheets for maintenance & operation

10 Days

30 hours

Online learning

3 CPD points

Course starts on 7 Mar 2022

Time remaining to start date:

What You Will Learn:

Sizing centrifugal pumps for various scenarios

Developing pump system design pack

Developing pump purchasing documents

Developing M & O checksheets

Course Approach

Learn - We will present the basic centrifugal pump theory that will provide context and a solid foundation.

​

Practice - We will go through examples together where we apply the centrifugal pump theory in various contexts.

​

Apply - You will be given an opportunity to apply the theory and lessons learned from examples to complete the two class projects which will then be evaluated by the course leader.

Curriculum

Introduction: Orientation & course welcome

Module 1: Pumping systems

Module 2: Fluid mechanics 101 

Module 3: Sizing centrifugal pumps

Module 4: Interfacing with other engineering disciplines

Module 5:Developing pump design pack and purchase documentation

Module 6: Maintenance and operations (M &O) strategy, documentation, and checksheets

Class Project 1: Develop a complete pump design pack and purchasing documentation

Class Project 2: Develop a pump maintenance strategy

This course includes:

20 hours on-demand videos

Course delivered over 10 days

Useful articles

​

One 3-hour live group session

5 downloadable resources

A single review of the class projects

12-months access to digital content

Certificate of completion

Palucraft water pumping station.png

Who should attend?

  • System engineers

  • Maintenance engineers

  • Reliability engineers

  • Mechanical engineers

  • Energy engineers

  • Maintenance technicians

  • Maintenance managers

  • Engineering consultants

Applicable industries

  • Consumer goods: FMCG, Tobacco, Beverages, and Distilleries

  • Energy: Oil, Gas, Energy, and Utilities

  • Manufacturing: Chemicals, Automotive, Food Production, Glass, Ceramics, Concrete, Packaging, Plastics, and Paper

  • Mining: PGMs, Manganese, Chromite, Gold, Coal, Diamond, Vanadium, and Vermiculite

Typical employers

  • Consumer goods: Unilever, British American Tobacco, SAB, and Distell

  • Energy: Sasol, Engen, and Eskom

  • Manufacturing: BASF, Toyota, Tongaat Hullet, Consol, Saint-Gobain, Nampak, and Sappi

  • ​Mining: Anglo America, South32, Samancor, Sibanye Stillwater, Exxaro, De Beers, Bushveld minerals, and Palabora Mining Company

Career prospects

  • Rotation equipment engineer or technician within the maintenance & operation environment

  • Pump design engineer within the engineering consulting and construction industry

  • Demonstrate competency in sizing centrifugal pumps for various applications

  • Demonstrate competency in developing centrifugal pump design, maintenance, and operation documentations

Course structure

  • The course will be delivered over 10 days.

  • Day one will be a live 1-hour orientation.

  • The on-demand video content will be made available over the four days in accordance with the schedule.

  • The learner will have to go through the video content in order.

  • Proceeding content will be unlocked once the learner has watched at least 80% of the video content.

  • Proceeding modules will be unlocked once the learner obtains at least 70% in the quiz assessment at the end of each module.

  • The three-hour live session will be used to discuss the class project in detail and provide guidelines where necessary.

  • The learner will be given five days to complete the class projects and submit them for assessment.

  • Written feedback will be sent to each learner on the depth of their class project - This will be done a day after the class project deadline.

  • Certificate of completion will be issued after completing 100% of the online content and submitting class projects on time.

Course cost

R5175.00 (incl. VAT) per attendee. Enrolment will be confirmed upon full payment.

 

A payment plan is not available for this course.

​

Note: Employers who enroll more than 10 learners will receive special discounts.

Enroll in Course

We would love to talk to you and understand your needs. Please complete the form below and one of our Consultants will call back to assist with the enrollment.

Thanks for submitting!

Enroll
bottom of page